Poster: Accessibility 98

About

In 1998 Manchester City Council hosted an open day, ‘Information & Communication Technology’. The event was in Manchester Town Hall. There were information stalls, practical demonstrations and presentations.

Description

A cream coloured A4 landscape oriented poster. Across the top of the poster are four simple illustrations, each within an image of a computer monitor. The illustrations from left to right are:

1. The title Signing CD-ROM. Below, two figures signing and with the words “What” and “Who” in block capitals.
2. At the top, “http://www.sue&bob”. Below on the left, a website menu in block capitals: download, search, e-mail, links. On the right an illustration of two people, one of whom is a wheelchair user.
3. An illustration of a woman sat at a table. Underneath in large print it reads “Conferencing”. To the left are volume and power control symbols.
4. The word “Zoom” in block capitals is across the top. Below, the screen is full of text. In the middle is a round magnifying glass with larger text underneath it.

Underneath these illustrations is “accessibility ’98, with the I and T in capitals. It is white print in blue shading except I, T and 98, which are yellow.  

Below in blue print is “an open day about disabled people and information & communication technology. Great Hall. Manchester Town Hall 25th September 1998 11am - 3.30pm.

At the bottom right of the poster are 3 blue symbols.

An ear with a diagonal line behind it.

A wheelchair user symbol with WC in block capitals beside it.

A symbol of a wheelchair user on a ramp.

Poster: Sign Language Interpreting Service, South Africa

About

This is a poster from South Africa advertising a Sign Language Interpreting Service. It was produced by the Deaf Federation of South Africa. It may have arrived in the UK when two young women from Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People visited South Africa in 1997.

Catalogue: GB124.G.GMCDP/15/16.

Description

A colour, portrait oriented A2 poster. Around the edge of the poster is a thick green border. Within the border are from top to bottom.

All the hand signs of the South African Sign Language Alphabet.

‘Sign Language Interpreting Services Make a Difference”.

A colour portrait photograph of a woman in a green top holding a book. A young child in a pink dress is sitting next to the woman and signing.

The words ‘Dog in Sign Language’, in italics.

‘Communicate with your child in Sign Language” is written with a thick boarder around.

“DEAFSA” Deaf Federation of South Africa”.

The phone numbers at the bottom are not readable.

Flyer: Independence Festival – 1997

About

The Independence Festivals were the first national festivals of disabled people's art and culture in the UK. They ran each year from 1997 to 2001. The first three were in Manchester, then Birmingham in 2000 and Leeds in 2001.

Description

This A5 flyer is portrait oriented with a white background.

At the top in black font, it says ‘Independence Festival 1997 Saturday 20th September, Albert Square, Manchester’.

Below this is an image of a postcard with a lilac background. At the top is the word Independence in multi coloured block capitals.

In the centre of the postcard is a bright, multi coloured cartoon image of 5 people, two wheelchair users, one guide dog owner and one person with a walking stick.

To the left and right of the people are the words ‘Our Voices Will be Heard’, ‘All Over the World’, in multi coloured block capitals.

Below the postcard

In smaller black print is: ‘2.00pm - 1 0.00pm – FREE. Performers include Ian Stanton, Julie McNamara, Johnny Crescendo, Matt Frazer, Get Off Our Backs Theatre Company and many more. • Speakers • Compered by comedy duo Natalie Markham and Mandy Colleran.

• Disability arts and Exhibitions • Disability Market • Cafe and Food stalls • Children's activities.

• Afternoon music and comedy performances in Albert Square. • Evening cabaret and disco in the Town Hall • Licensed Bar.

For more information contact Tel / Minicom 0161 234 3684’.

At the bottom of the poster are the logos of Manchester City Council, Manchester Airport, UNISON, GMB, T&G and the European Union

Flyer: Young Disabled Women's Day – 1995

About

This flyer promotes an event for young disabled women to coincide with International Women’s Day in 1995. The event was being organised by Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People, which has prioritised dedicated work with young disabled people since 1990.

Description

This portrait oriented A5 flyer is printed in black on green paper. There is a black border.

On the left is a stylised hand-drawn image of three young women, one of whom is a wheelchair user.

On the right it says: “Young Disabled Women’s Day. Saturday 11th March 95. 10.00am - 4.00pm. Workshops:- Self-defence, Drama, Canoeing, Accessorizing, Aromatherapy and many more. ‘March’ is in block capitals.

The words “Fun” and ‘Laughs” are between the image and text.

Postcard: ‘Mum's The Word’ – 1994

About

This is a promotional postcard for the Channel 4 TV documentary series in the 1990s called ‘People First’. It was a series about disability issues and disabled people.

Description

This portrait oriented postcard is A6, printed on both sides.

The front of the postcard has a light blue background. Description from top to bottom.

‘People First’ in block capitals.

A colour photograph of a female wheelchair user wearing a multicoloured jumper holding a baby up in the air. Both are smiling. The baby is wearing a blue all in one outfit with red shoes. In the background is a baby’s cot.

“Mum’s the Word” in block capitals.

“Produced and Directed by Sian Vasey”

“Circle Pictures, 34 Osnaburgh Street, London, NW1 071. 916 0830

The reverse side has an off-white background with the following text. All episode titles are block capitals; descriptions are lower case.

People First. Channel Four's challenging series of documentaries exploring disability issues with a fresh perspective returns for its spring run.

Face Value (Hand Pict Productions) Thursday 26 May, 8pm. Testimonies from facially disfigured people; how they deal with the psychological impact of the staring outside world.

Black & Blue (Mirus Productions) Thursday 2 June. 8pm. Self-help community projects set up to offer the sort of care mentally ill black people desperately need and don't get from traditional institutions.

Mum’s the Word (Circle Pictures) Thursday 9 June, 8pm. Three disabled mothers talk about their experiences in a programme that challenges the belief that disabled parents are a burden to their children.

Here & Now (123 Productions) Thursday 16 June, 8pm. ‘Why should we learn to speak if hearing people won't learn to sign?' A programme about deaf children who sign in a speaking world.

Silence Is Golden (Diverse Productions) Thursday 23 June, 8pm. Do artificial implants, which can bring limited hearing to a deaf child, threaten the cultural integrity of the deaf community?

Speak Up (Mental Health Media Productions) Thursday 30 June, 8pm. People with learning difficulties speak out about taking charge of their lives.

Print Ltd London 071-253 1200

Flyer: Children In Need protest – 1993

About

This leaflet was given out on Friday 28 November 1993, when members of GMCDP and UNISON's Disabled Members Group disrupted a live BBC outside broadcast in Albert Square, Manchester. It was objecting to ‘Children In Need’ and their negative portrayal of disabled people.

Catalogue: GB124.G.GMCDP/4/28.

Description

This flyer is portrait oriented on white A5 paper. There are images or words on both sides in black print, with a thin black border.

Most of the front is taken up with a line drawing of Pudsey Bear holding a placard saying ‘Rights Not Charity’.

At the top in block capitals it reads “Children In Need (...Of What?)”.

At the bottom in block capitals it reads “It Doesn't Help and It Doesn't Change the Way Disabled People are Treated”.

The back of the leaflet reads:

When you go home tonight and turn on the television you will be watching Children in Need and thinking how good it is to help the needy?

You might be surprised to learn that 1000's of disabled people up and down the country will not be watching but will be there in person, demonstrating their anger at this spectacle of pity and humiliation.

As disabled people we are sick and tired of the way we are portrayed by such charity events which claim to work on our behalf but neither represent, consult or benefit us.

As disabled people. including disabled children, what we need are Rights Not Charity ...

The right to use public transport. The right to gain employment. The right to get into public buildings. The right to the housing we want. In fact, the complete right to be treated as an equal member of society - not an object of pity!

Description note: in this flyer the words Rights Not Charity and the word right are in block capitals.

Events like Children in Need ignore these issues, in favour of quick publicity, tokenistic gestures and the career advancement of nagging celebrities (who just happen to be in panto at a theatre near you soon).

When you go home tonight do not pledge money but ring the BBC

(0161 200 2020) and express your solidarity with the disabled people's movement and put an end to such events.

Flyer: Call to Action Live Independently - 1993

About

This flyer is advertising a rally on 5 May 1993 in Manchester. GMCDP members took to the streets to protest about the introduction of a ceiling on community care costs. The new measures meant that anyone whose care cost more than £500 would be forced into an institution. Over 8,000 names were collected on petitions and over 40 people turned out for the rally. Note: the flyer has been lightened to make it easier to see on this website.

Description

The flyer is portrait oriented on A5 red paper.

The text is: Disabled People’s Rally in Support of the Right to Live Independently takes place at 12 noon on Wednesday 5th May at Albert Square, Manchester.

A new Bill, currently passing through Parliamentary committees, will establish a £500 limit for spending on personal support for disabled people. Clients with greater needs than this, the DSS says, would be "expected to go into residential care or a nursing home"!

In other words... £499 is the price of freedom, £501 is the cost which punishes the disabled person by incarceration in an institution.

Please Try to Attend This Event - it is crucial to the rights of disabled people. More details? Contact Ian Stanton on 061-273 5154 Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People, Unit 33, Cariocca Business Park, Ardwick, Manchester M12 4AH.

Flyer: ‘Would This Man Frighten Your Children’ - 1988

About

On 25 January 1988, Granada Television’s headquarters in Manchester were picketed by disabled protestors after the company overturned a decision to cast disabled actor Nabil Shaban in a children’s television drama.

The image is a flyer used at the protest.

Description

The flyer is portrait oriented on A5 light yellow paper.

Most of the space has a black and white photograph of disabled actor Nabil Shaban talking to a group of children with the words “Would This Man Frighten Your Children?”

“Photo by Phil Rider” is at the bottom in block capitals.

Disabled Person’s Registration Certificate 1968

About

This is a card giving proof of being registered as a disabled person. Personal details have been blocked out. Under the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944, the Government set up a Disabled Persons Employment Register. Employers with 20 or more employees were required to employ a quota of registered disabled people - 3% of their workforce. It was known as the ‘green card scheme’ because certificates were given to disabled people on green card. This photograph unfortunately makes the card look grey. The Disabled Persons Register and quota scheme ceased to exist from December 1996 following the coming into force of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.

Description

This is an A6 landscape oriented postcard. It is grey with writing on both sides.

The front has a mix of print and handwriting. Text from top to bottom.

Ministry of Labour Disabled Persons (Employment) Acts, 1944 and 1958 Certificate of Registration No. RVW 803

Holder's Name.

Holders Address

The name of the above-named person is entered in the Register of Disabled Persons. 

The registration continues so long as the person remains a 1914-18 disablement pensioner.

*The registration expires on 13-1-1971

Signature of certifying officer H. Abbot.

I.O. Stamp Ruislip

Date 23.7.1968

Holder's Signature 

*Delete inapplicable item V.A. Strickland

S19638 236396 W1.15594 D1588 200M 8/62 T&Co G760. (S9) 

Text on the back.

Notes: Read Carefully.

1. This certificate is the property of the Minister of Labour and should be returned to the office named overleaf immediately it ceases to be current. In the event of the holder being no longer eligible for registration it would be appreciated if the Local Office were informed.
2. If a change of name or address occurs during the currency of this certificate, it should be sent, with full particulars of the change, to the office named overleaf.
3. This certificate should be signed in the space provided overleaf by the person to whom it relates.
4. An employer or prospective employer may request this certificate to be produced for inspection.
5. Care should be taken not to lose or deface this certificate. If so desired it may be deposited for safe custody with the local office of the Ministry. In the event of loss or defacement, application for a duplicate should be made to the office named overleaf.
6. If a 1914-18 disablement pensioner ceases to be such, he may make application not later than two months from the date of so ceasing, for the retention of his name in the register of disabled persons. It is requested that any such application be made as early as possible.
7. In cases other than those of 1914-18 disablement pensioners application for the retention of the person's name in the register of disabled persons may be made not earlier than two months before the date of expiry of the period of registration. It is requested that any such application be made as early as possible within that period and at least one month before the date of expiry of the period of registration. [See overleaf.}

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